Thursday, June 16, 2005

The Turtles Are Stampeding

She probably is slow but now she gets to sue also. Say goodnight Gracie.


A Brazilian bank has been ordered to pay a former secretary £5,000 after her boss told her to keep a plastic turtle on her desk.

The manager, who cannot be named, told his secretary to keep the toy turtle on her desk to remind her of how slow she worked.

He also nicknamed the woman Magda, an allusion to a Brazilian TV character famous for being stupid.

Judge Sergio Pinto Martins ordered Banespa Bank to pay £5,000 to the woman who worked in a Sao Paulo branch.

The judge told Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper: "Jokes in the workplace are common in Brazil but they must not offend people."

From Ananova.

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